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Historians generally consider the Goldwater campaign of 1964 as the start of the modern American conservative movement that redefined American politics for the next 40 years. Although Goldwater didn't win, it is widely considered his efforts paved the way for the Reagan revolution in the 1980s, as well as the 1994 revolution in Congress. Obviously the movement has fallen on some hard times in recent years and seems to be losing momentum year by year, though its still got an infrastructure and still is a force in American politics.
I believe with the Trump campaign we are seeing the final death of the modern American conservative movement as we have known it for the last half century. It is going to be supplanted by a new wave of populism-nationalism. The seeds of modern post-war conservatism were planted before Goldwater, but Goldwater was the first to sprout into the mainstream. He wasn't successful that first growing season, but later plants thrived and redefined the diet of American politics and thought. We see the same with Trump this year. Seeds were planted before him, Buchanan, Perot, even to an extent Ron Paul.
Win or lose, I predict the Trump campaign will be the beginning of the replacement of modern conservatism by a new populist-nationalism. If not this year than in the next 10 to 15 years for sure, it will be the new force in American politics. Just like with conservatism and Goldwater, the "establishment" is terrified of the next big thing, and just like with the conservative revolution, they will be powerless to contain populist-nationalism.
I believe with the Trump campaign we are seeing the final death of the modern American conservative movement as we have known it for the last half century. It is going to be supplanted by a new wave of populism-nationalism. The seeds of modern post-war conservatism were planted before Goldwater, but Goldwater was the first to sprout into the mainstream. He wasn't successful that first growing season, but later plants thrived and redefined the diet of American politics and thought. We see the same with Trump this year. Seeds were planted before him, Buchanan, Perot, even to an extent Ron Paul.
Win or lose, I predict the Trump campaign will be the beginning of the replacement of modern conservatism by a new populist-nationalism. If not this year than in the next 10 to 15 years for sure, it will be the new force in American politics. Just like with conservatism and Goldwater, the "establishment" is terrified of the next big thing, and just like with the conservative revolution, they will be powerless to contain populist-nationalism.
